Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
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Hanna Fenichel Pitkin is a political theorist. She is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley
. Pitkin was born in Berlin
and emigrated to the United States in 1938. She received her Ph.D.
from UC Berkeley in 1961. In 1982, she was granted the Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley.
Pitkin's diverse interests range from the history of European political thought from ancient to modern times, through ordinary language philosophy and textual analysis, to issues of psychoanalysis and gender in political and social theory.
Pitkin's books are The Concept of Representation (1967), Wittgenstein and Justice (1972, 1984, 1992), and Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli
(1984), in addition to numerous articles and edited volumes. In 1998 she published The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt
's Concept of "the Social".
In 2003, she was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
"for her groundbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation". She is married to political theorist John Schaar
.
Some of her students are noteworthy political theorists, such as Dan Avnon of the Hebrew University,
Jerusalem.
University of California, Berkeley
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. Pitkin was born in Berlin
Berlin
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and emigrated to the United States in 1938. She received her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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from UC Berkeley in 1961. In 1982, she was granted the Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley.
Pitkin's diverse interests range from the history of European political thought from ancient to modern times, through ordinary language philosophy and textual analysis, to issues of psychoanalysis and gender in political and social theory.
Pitkin's books are The Concept of Representation (1967), Wittgenstein and Justice (1972, 1984, 1992), and Fortune Is a Woman: Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic...
(1984), in addition to numerous articles and edited volumes. In 1998 she published The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was a German American political theorist. She has often been described as a philosopher, although she refused that label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the singular." She described herself instead as a political theorist because her work centers on the fact...
's Concept of "the Social".
In 2003, she was awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University. The foundation itself goes back to the donation in 1622 from Johan Skytte , politician and chancellor of the university, which established the Skyttean professorship of...
"for her groundbreaking theoretical work, predominantly on the problem of representation". She is married to political theorist John Schaar
John Schaar
John H Schaar is a scholar and political theorist. He is a Professor Emeritus at the [University of California, Santa Cruz]. Schaar was born in Montoursville, PA, USA and raised on a farm in a Lutheran family....
.
Some of her students are noteworthy political theorists, such as Dan Avnon of the Hebrew University,
Jerusalem.
External links
- Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley